What is your attitude towards learning a language?

Language Learning Attitudes Questionnaire Fill out the following questionnaire, checking the box which best describes whether you agree or disagree with each statement. This is for yourself not for anyone else, so answer as honestly as you can. SA= Strongly Agree, A= Agree, N= Neither agree nor disagree, D= Disagree, SD= Strongly Disagree SA A N D SD 1. I think I’m a pretty good language learner. _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ 2. Learning a language may be important to my goals, but I don’t expect it to be much fun. _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ 3. My language learning aptitude is probably pretty high. _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ 4. I don’t have any idea about how to go about learning a language. _______ _______ _______ ______ _______ 5. I think that I could learn pretty much any language I really put my mind to, given the right circumstances. _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ 6. I worry a lot about making mistakes. _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ 7. I’m afraid people will laugh at me if I don’t say things right. _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ 8. I end up trembling and practically in a cold sweat when I have to talk in front of people. _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ 9. I find it hard to make conversation even with people who speak my own language. _______ _______ _______ _______ _______SA A N D SD 10. I feel a resistance from within when I try to speak in a foreign language, even if I’ve practiced. _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ 11. It is a mark of respect to people to learn their language if you’re living in their country. _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ 12. I like getting to know people from other countries, in general. _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ 13. Speaking the language of the community where I’ll be living will let me help people more than I could otherwise. ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ 14. I don’t like the idea of relying on speaking English (or my mother tongue) in another country. _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ 15. I think the people of the country where I’ll be living would like for me to learn their language. _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ 16. I won’t really be able to get to know people well if I don’t speak their language. _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ 17. There is a right and a wrong way to do almost everything, and I think it’s my duty to figure out which is which and do it right. _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ 18. It annoys me when people don’t give me a clear-cut answer, but just beat around the bush. _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ 19. You should say “yes” if you mean yes and “no” if you mean no. Not to do so is dishonest. _______ _______ _______ _______ _______SA A N D SD 20. You have to understand people’s culture and value system before you can be sure whether some things are right or wrong. _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ 21. I like to mimic other accents, and people say I do it well. _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ 22. I can do impersonations of famous people. _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ 23. I find it easy to “put myself in other people’s shoes” and imagine how they feel. _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ 24. In school, if I didn’t know an answer for sure, I’d sometimes answer out loud in class anyway. _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ 25. I often think out loud, trying out my ideas on other people. _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ 26. I want to have everything worked out in my own head before I answer. _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ 27. I’d call myself a risk-taker _______ _______ _______ _______ _______Scoring Your Attitudes Questionnaire SA A N D SD 8 6 4 2 0 · Place the point value of each question on the line next to its corresponding number. · Next, add the points in each column to find your score for four language learning attitudes. Self-Image Inhibition Risk-taking Ego Permeability Ambiguity 1.______ 2. ______ 5. ______ 1. ______ 4. ______ 2.______ 4. ______ 11. ______ 3. ______ 16. ______ 3.______ 6. ______ 12. ______ 5. ______ 17. ______ 4.______ 7. ______ 13. ______ 14. ______ 18. ______ 5.______ 8. ______ 21. ______ 15. ______ 19. ______ 6.______ 9. ______ 24. ______ 21. ______ 20. ______ 10.______ 10. ______ 25. ______ 22. ______ 26. ______ 22.______ 16. ______ 27. ______ 23. ______ 27. ______ Total:____ ______ ______ ______ ______ Checking your scores: 64 -48 47 -36 35 -16 15 -0 “HIGH” “ABOVE AVERAGE” “AVERAGE” “LOW” Each of the areas of evaluation is geared toward one end of the scale or the other. For instance, if your score is low in the Self-image column, this points to a low self-image in language learning, and thus, a potential hurdle to overcome. The higher your score is in the Inhibition, Risk-taking, and Ego Permeability columns, the more you tend to exhibit those traits, while the higher your score for the last column (Tolerance of Ambiguity), the less you tend to exhibit that trait.